A new four-part fantasy series, "O-Parts" (Fuji TV, Mon.-Thurs., 11 p.m.), based on the popular manga, will air this week. Ryuhei Maruyama plays Kakizawa, an unemployed youth who is abducted by a mysterious man in black.
He awakes in an unfamiliar room with four other young people, all of whom were also abducted. These five are introduced to an assistant to the prime minister, who has a job for them. Recently, there has been a series of bizarre murders throughout Tokyo: The victims have no external injuries but their hearts have been removed from their bodies. The culprit, as the assistant tells them, is a "terrorist from the future," and their job will be to hunt him down using special super powers. But first they have to visit the scenes of the crimes.
Low-cost carriers, or budget airlines, are already established overseas. This year, several LCCs will start full-scale operations in Japan, and the business documentary program "Gaia no Yoake" ("The Dawn of Gaia"; TV Tokyo, Tues., 10 p.m.), will cover one in depth.